Overview of viral hepatitis
Viral hepatitis
often resemble the flu and are manifested by fatigue, headache, fever, muscle
aches ...
How to recognize
a viral hepatitis?
The signs are
typical during the acute phase of viral hepatitis:
- Fever,
- Loss of
appetite,
- Digestive
disorders with nausea, vomiting,
- Abdominal pain
on the right side (in the liver)
- Yellowing of
the skin and mucous membranes (jaundice)
- Dark urine.
What about
testing for viral hepatitis?
Viral hepatitis
require testing because the signs are often silent and the person is infected
without knowing it.
The screening
test for hepatitis requires no special conditions. She is on prescription and
is performed by a blood test in the laboratory analyzes.
Tests for
hepatitis tests are specific and only a doctor is able to interpret the
results.
State of play
Viral hepatitis
is more common in developing countries and represent a serious public health
problem. The prevalence of viral hepatitis vary depending on the type of virus,
but in general, a person of 12 is suffering from viral hepatitis in the world.
The infection is
less common in developed countries, however, many cases are related to travel
or movement of people visiting places or regions with poor hygiene and the
incidence of infection is high.
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